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Know all men by these Presents That I Mary Lo Barber of
Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar and other considerations
to me paid by Joanna T Hope of Richmond in county and state
aforesaid the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge have remised
released and forever quitclaimed and by these presents remise
release and forever quitclaim unto the said Joanna T Hope
her heirs and assigns forever, all the right title interest property
claim and demand which I now have or of right ought to have
or claim in and to the undivided half of a certain tract or parcel of
land situated in the town of Charlestown, county and state aforesaid
and known as the daveny Heaven farm bounded and described as
follows Beginning at the Southeast corner of said tract at
the river, thence running Easterly bounded Northerly by land of
heirs of Phebe-leigh-den-ley-den [illegible] deceased until it comes to land of
Stephen-den-ley and Company [illegible] then Northesterly bounded
thence Northerly bounded Easterly bounded
easterly by land of said Stephen-den-ley and Company until it comes to the
rail road track thence crossing said Railroad and continuing the same
northwesterly direction bounded Easterly by land of Silas and Thomas Lo
both until it comes to the Southeast corner of said tract thence
Westerly bounded southerly bounded partly by land of Silas and Thomas Lo
and partly by land of heirs of Olive-den-ley [illegible] until it comes to the
river, thence Southerly bounded Westerly by said river to the place
of beginning or however the same may be bounded otherwise oval
containing by estimation one hundred and forty acres or the same
more or less this being the property deeded to Samuel Barber by
Ferdinand W King March 28 1879 and recorded in Book 10 page 107
of the record of the town of Charlestown. To have and to hold
the same with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining
to the said Joanna T Hope her heirs and assigns forever. And I
the aforementioned Mary Lo Barber for myself and for my heirs executors and
administrators do covenant to warrant the said Joanna T Hope her heirs and
assigns that I will warrant and defend the aforementioned premises to the
said Joanna T Hope her heirs and assigns forever against the lawful
claims and demands of all persons claiming by through or under me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven
Signed sealed and delivered in
presence of
E. A. Kenyon
Joanna T Hope
Mary Lo Barber L.S.
Known to Wit State of Rhode Island ve Washington Co
In Charlestown in said county on this 1st day of April 1887 the
above named Mary Lo Barber personally appeared before me and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument her hand and seal to be her free and
voluntary act and deed and declared to be her act and seal
E. A. Kenyon
Notary Public
Received for record May 7 1887 at 10 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George Loons Town Clerk